Mark KERR 1st Earl of Lothian ¹⁶⁶³

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  Death Notes:

His wife Margaret Maxwell was accused of causing his death through witchcraft. She died at Prestongrange House on 8 January 1617.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He resided at Newbattle Abbey in 1587 in Newbattle, , Midlothian, Scotland. Newbattle Abbey became a secular lordship for the last commendator, Mark Kerr (Ker) in 1587.

2. Title Of Nobility: 1st Earl of Lothian, in 1606, in , , Midlothian, Scotland.

Mark married Countess Margaret MAXWELL. (Countess Margaret MAXWELL was born on 8 January 1557 in Galloway, , Kirkcudbright, Scotland,¹⁷⁷² died on 8 January 1617 in Prestonpans, , East Lothian, Scotland ¹⁷⁷² and was buried in Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland ¹⁷⁷².)